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unease Definition

un·ease (unēz)

noun

distress or discomfort

unease Usage Examples

Preposition: about

  • state: That said, I am bound to add that I feel considerable unease about the present state of the law.
  • question: I must also confess to a great feeling of unease about the question of costs.
  • future: VD, and syphilis in particular, also formed a powerful component of fin de siecle unease about the future of the race.

Converse of object

  • provoke: Moreover, this notice can provoke unease in the world, leading to conversion or persecution.
  • express: The video industry, of whose concerns we take careful note, has from time to time, expressed unease with the current position.
  • grow: However there is growing popular unease at the high cost of defense.
  • reflect: The response reflects public unease about the UK's failure to call for an immediate ceasefire.
  • feel: I felt a deep unease which affected me physically.
  • cause: Even among senior clergy, the job scheme strategy from the start caused particular unease.

Adjective modifier

  • widespread: Today's Oxford Mail carries yet another story picking up on the widespread unease that local people feel.
  • profound: Indeed, from about April onwards there has been an almost palpable feeling in the air of profound unease.
  • deep: I felt a deep unease which affected me physically.
  • considerable: Dear Prime Minister I am aware that there is considerable unease in the Catholic community in respect of possible military action against Iraq.
  • general: Alison's lamp was also looking dim and a general unease set in.
  • public: Numerous surveys worldwide report growing public unease about GM foods.

Preposition: with

  • technology: It does not appear therefore that unease with new technology or lack of facilities are seen as significant factors in choice of law reports.

Preposition: in

  • circle: But this created unease in business circles who began to feel they had a government in no fit state to push through their policies.
  • relationship: Remit There is a growing sense of unease in the relationship between the European electorate and the European Union.
  • world: Moreover, this notice can provoke unease in the world, leading to conversion or persecution.
  • company: Maybe the dodgy feeling in my stomach is an inherited Anglican unease in the company of such a flagrant refusal to disguise expenditure.